The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-11-26
rHE EXECUTIVE CoMMlTrEE.

The EXECUTIVE COMHlTTEE.
The ChaiTmans Explanation--No Ono =
rum Present-But the Ring Goes
Ahead Anyhow.
We have waited In vain for the
sapient disciple of "Webster's Una> {
bridged," who presides over the Z
present destines of the Monroe Rulle- {
tin, to produce his authority and make &
good his confident assertion, that the
chairman of the executive committee {
was authorized by resolution of the {
last parish convention to all vacancies
occurring in the committee. For the {
enlightenment Of our woufd.be we'll
informed neighbor, We publish to-day
in foil the proceedings Of the parish
convention held 81 January 1884,
which, we venture to think, will settle
finally In our favor the question raised
in the last issue of the TELEGRAPH.
When that question was raised, and
that article written, we were relying
upon memory and the columns of thu
Bulletin for the facts In the case. Since |
then, however, We have stumbled upon
an issue of the TELEGRAPH Of 26
January 1884, containing the full OIL
cial proceedings of Ne convention.
1t will be observed that the chair"
man, In a certain contingency, IL
authorized TO appoint members to I'LL
vacancies. But such contingency has
never arisen the chairman has never
appointed day aud ordered an cleo
tion by the wards and consequently
the wards have never refused to elect,
and chairman Hudson's appointments
are each and every one absolutely
without authority and void.
, Chairman Hudson's labored effort to
explain this usurpatton of authority
was not very satisfactory. He assum-
, ed that, because the ring had already
, majority on the committee, bis ap-
polutment of ring men to ali vacancies
. could not change the result. Heseemed
9 10 take some comfort from the fact,
that In this respect, his recent appoint
q ment of Messrs. johnson and Wood,
= two ring men, was balanced by the
d ancient appointment of Messrs. Anderf
;, aud Millsaps, two men opposed to tht
- ring and ring methods; and he plumeo
/. himself upon his fairness In so acting
d But be guilelessly explained tina
d Messrs. Millsaps and Auders were ap
u pointed by him before the present is
d sues had arisen, and at time when D.
ic did not know whether they would b'
a for or against the ring. As he was In n
ce uncertainty on this point when Mesers
III johnson aud Wood we're appointed W
e. fail to see the force of his claim I
is an impartial exercise of power.
I'd The resolution of the convention
m 1884 gives certain figures as the vote
h, the various wards at the last proceed
I'd ing presidential or gubernator'al elet
10 tiou. We do not know where tn
ce author of this resolution got his figures
It will be observed that he has increa
ly ed the vote of wards 1, 8, and at tn
~ expense and to the detriment OF tt
g. balance of the parish. The last prece'
a. ing presidential election was whe
8; Hancock was the candidate in lSs
9rs and the last preceding gubernatori
Tor election was when Wilt was the cand
sh date in 1879. The vote by wards
IRE those two elections, and published
the TEI,EGRAPH at the time, AT
at. which may be assumed as correct, W
he as follows:
inn Hancock. Will
word1 1872 4
& Q ..1 39
ga C 1876 Z
Der &C .. 254 2
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